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J. A GOPPOUK.

QUILTING SUPPORT FOR SEWING MACHINES. No. 323,118. Patented July 28, 188 5.

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J. AGOPPOGK.

. QUILTING SUPPORT FOR SEWING MAGHINES.

No. 323,118. Patented July 28,1885.

INVENTOR BY VMMW WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, holo-Lilhogruph NITED STATES JOSEPH A. OOPPOOK, OF NORWVOOD, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MRS. AMANDA L. HARBUOK, OF SAME PLACE.

QUILTING-SUPPORT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 323,118, dated July 28, 1885.

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To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH A. Concert,

of Norwood, in the county of Warren and chines, of which the following is a full, clear,

and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a practical device for quilting in circles or halfcircles, with a sewing-machine operated by hand; and the invention consists, principally, of a frame arranged to hold a sewing-ma chine and pivoted to a suitable stand or support, so that a quilt stretched upon a frame may be passed through the arms of the sewing-machine in'position for stitching.

The invention also consists of the construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention having a sewing-machine secured thereon. Fig. 2 is plan view of the sewing-machine support; and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line w x of Fig. 2.

1n constructing my new quilting-support for sewing-1nachines,l employ suitable clamps, A A, for holding the sewing-machine S by the bottom flange or base-plate thereof. The clamps A A may be varied in form and construction to suit different kinds of sewing machines, and they are held upon horizontal supports or rods B B, placed in the headpiece or block O, and the clamps are by preference made adjustable on these rods to suit sewing-machines of different sizes.

The head or block 0, that holds the rods B B, is pivoted upon the upper end of the standard Din this instance by the stem (Z entering the socket d, made in the standard, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The stem D is held in the base-block E, to which the legs F are attached, and the standard D is made vertically adjustable in base-block E, so that it may be raised or lowered to suit the height at which the frame holding the goods to be quilted may be held. The standard is held at any desired position by the set-screw b.

The rods B B are adjustable longitudinally in the block 0 to set the sewing-machine, so that its needle-bar will stand a greater or less distance from the pivot d, according to the size of circles or half-circles to be quilted. The bars B are held at any desired position by the set-screws c 0. The clamps A A are held upon the bars B, each by a set-screw, f, and in this instance the clamps A are tied to the clamps A by rods or plates G, pivoted to clamps A, and held to clamps A by setscrews h, passing through slots h in the plates G, and entering screw-tapped openings made in the clamps. By means of these slotted plates and set-screws the clamps may be opened to receive the bed-plate or base of the sewingmachine, and closed upon it, so that the claws j of the clamps will engage with the edges of 0 the bed-plate of the sewing-machine, and thus hold the machine with sufficient firmness for the work to be done.

In use the quilt or other object or garment to be quilted will be stretched upon a quiltingframe in the ordinary way,as though the quilting wasto be done by hand. The frame,with the quilt, will be placed upon the backs of chairs or other supports and made fast, and one edge of the quilt will .be placed in the sewing-ma- 8o chine, so that when operated, (which will be done by hand by means of a small handle, 8, attached to the balance-wheel, 8,) the machine I will be compelled to feed itself in a circle along the quilt, turning the frame that sup- .85 ports the machine upon the pivot d.

In this manner perfect circles or half-circles may be quilted, and very rapidly, and the quilting will always be nicely done.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The block 0, pivoted in the standard D, and provided with the longitudinally-adjustable rods B, in combination with the clamps A A,

for holding a sewing-machine, substantially as described.

JOSEPH A. OOPPOGK. \Vitnesses:

,R. L. SCOTT,

L. M. FOWLER. 

